Duo rewrites history, claiming ancient fort in Georgia, not Florida

2015-01-05T19:51:08Z2015-01-05T19:51:10Z

Two retired professors believe history could be wrong. Fort Caroline, they say, may have been in coastal Georgia on the Altamaha River. They've located spots, they say, that could prove Georgia, not Florida, was where France made a short-lived stand in North America.

For more than two years, Fletcher Crowe and Anita Spring have been tracking down ancient maps, poring over 500-year-old narratives and reviewing modern records in the search for the remains of Fort Caroline. French settlers, Huguenots, built the fort in 1564. Their massacre at the hands of Spanish soldiers, 15 months later, effectively ended French attempts to colonize a swath of the New World.

For more than a century, historians have assumed the fort was on the St. Johns River near Jacksonville. A federal park, with a recreation of the fort, marks a spot where they think the French made their ill-fated attempt at colonization.

“We've come to the conclusion,” Crowe said, “that it is a bunch of baloney.”

A group of more than 50 pastors in Savannah hopes the families of murder victims can help them create positive change in the city’s violent crime. The Savannah Alliance of Pastors is holding that meeting and a prayer vigil next week.

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